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🚀 Our satellite CORAL has been launched to ISS!

Our 2U CubeSat CORAL has been launched on-board H3 F7 launch to the International Space Station on October 26 and was successfully berthed to the ISS three days later! The satellite has been delivered to the launch authority in August at Tsukuba Space Center, when our team members Lorenzo, Michela and Paolo have helped in the satellite integration in the JSSOD deployer.

The CubeSat has been developed under an initiative, together with as prime and as partner, to demonstrate innovative IoT inter-satellite communications, paving the way toward more agile and sustainable space infrastructures. Our spacecraft acceptance for the inaugural HTV-X1 launch was coordinated by Space BD and operated by .

The satellite will initiate its mission in the next weeks, being deployed from the ISS and by remaining in-orbit approximately for the next year.

We are happy to see our sixth satellite launched to space and we are super ready to start its missions and operations! 🌍✨

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Selection Workshop: ✅

Today our LEDSAT2 team presented their CubeSat project in front of a panel of ESA experts for the FlyYourSatellite! Design Booster Selection Workshop.

Today's presentation is the result of great work by all the 43 students of our big team and, if selected, the start of a great journey towards the satellite development!

So fingers crossed, and let's go LEDSAT 2! 🛰️

Seven students from the LEDSAT 2 team are at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to follow the Fly Your Satellite! Design Booster training week, organized by the Education Office, alongside 11 other teams from all Europe. 🇳🇱🇮🇹🇪🇺

The training week is aimed at improving their knowledge before the Programme Selection Workshop to be held in the next weeks. 🛰️

Our students represent a team of 43 young engineering students from , the largest team at S5Lab so far. If selected, they will participate in the new Design Booster Programme to achieve CDR with the help of the ESA Education experts. 🚀

You can see them cheering with our old friend Paxi in the replica of the Columbus module! Keep your fingers crossed for our LEDSAT 2 team and stay tuned on this page for further updates! 🤞🏻💪🏻🚀.

Second picture: Credit ESA Education

The whole lab team is pleased to join this year’s IAC that will be held next week (from 18 to 22 September) in Paris. The congress will be an important opportunity for everyone of us to share the latest results on the missions and projects we are following. Our talks will describe the latest results for all our projects, including the space debris observation campaigns, GreenCube and the satellite missions, .s5lab , .s5lab and much more. Stay tuned on this page for more info on our presentations and… see you in Paris for those who will participate! 🚀